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Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Silent Night Edition

Here's to awkward moments under the mistletoe.

People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

Chinese Fighter Jet Exports Set To Grow Significantly

Pentagon report highlights how the trifecta of FC-31, J-10C, and JF-17 is helping China establish itself as an increasingly major player on the fighter market.

South America

CV-22B Osprey, MC-130J Commando II Special Ops Aircraft Deploy To Puerto Rico

The U.S. special operations forces build-up in the Caribbean is accelerating.

Indo-Pacific

Pentagon To Contract Fleet Of Seaplanes For The Pacific

The lack of an American amphibious aircraft capability has become more glaring as the possibility of a conflict with China looms larger.

U.S. Navy

Trump Class Battleship Construction Won’t Begin Until 2030s

With Trump class ship construction many years off, the survival of a program to build such large and expensive warships is even more questionable.

U.S. Navy

What We Know About The Trump Class “Battleship”

The USS Defiant would be the first Trump class battleship, but major questions remain about affordability and logic of such a massive design.

C-130

EC-130H Compass Call Electronic Warfare Plane Joins Growing U.S. Force In Caribbean

The EC-130H, one of just a handful still flying, gives the U.S. additional capability to disrupt Venezuela's air defenses and communications.

U.S. Navy

Navy’s New Frigate Will Not Have A Vertical Launch System For Missiles

FF(X) will initially have the same armament installed as the Littoral Combat Ships, relying on uncrewed platforms and modular payloads for expanded capability.

Su-30

Sabotage Attack On Russian Su-30 Fighters Shown In Video

The attack was executed by "Russian partisans," Ukraine claims, and happened 200 miles from the border.

Drones

YFQ-48A ‘Fighter Drone’ Designation Given To Northrop Grumman’s Talon By USAF

The USAF says the Talon drone is a "strong contender" in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, Increment 2 of which has now kicked off.

F-35A

USAF F-35As Have Arrived In The Caribbean

The F-35As bring enhanced capabilities to Operation Southern Spear, and are the first USAF fighters deployed for it. 

Unmanned

Marines Seeking 10,000 First-Person View Drones At $4K A Pop

The USMC just issued a call for 10,000 FPV drones to be delivered in one year, a small step toward fielding this capability across the force.

F-117

The F-117 Nighthawk First Went To War 36 Years Ago Today

With clear parallels to the U.S. standoff with Venezuela today, it's worth remembering the F-117's combat debut over Panama in 1989.

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

We leave the Christmas lights up all year down in here.

U.S. Navy

This Will Be The Navy’s New FF(X) Frigate

The Navy is leveraging the Coast Guard's Legend class National Security Cutter to plug the gap left by axing the Constellation class frigate.

Mediterranean

Ukraine Strikes Russia-Linked Tanker In The Mediterranean With ‘Bomber Drone’

The Ukrainian drone attack on the tanker, part of the Russian shadow fleet, is the first one of its kind outside of the Black Sea.

South America

E-3 Sentry Joins U.S. Combat Aircraft Tracked Off Venezuelan Coast

The E-3 radar jets have been noticeably absent as of late from the flurry of trackable U.S. military aircraft flying near Venezuela's airspace.

Unmanned

Littoral Combat Ship Launches Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone Clone

Being able to deploy LUCAS kamikaze drones from Navy ships drastically opens the aperture as to where swarms of these aircraft can emanate from.

F-35A

Canadian NORAD Commander’s View On Future F-35 Fighter Force

Maj. Gen. Chris McKenna offers exclusive insights into what opportunities and challenges the F-35A will bring to his commands.

Russian Air Force

MiG-31 Foxhound Among Russian Air Defense Assets Targeted In Crimean Drone Strike

With its valuable collection of fighters and air defense systems, Belbek Air Base has long been a key target for Ukraine.